Queen Victoria Quotes

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist.

I am Queen of England, and I will be treated as such.

I may have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king.

I cannot say that I have led a dull life.

I have always been a strong believer in the power of women.

A reign that has known no failure will go down in history as one of the greatest.

I am by nature a hater of war, but sometimes it is necessary.

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.

There must be no tears at my funeral.

I cannot look upon myself as a heroine.

There is no greater glory than to die for one’s country.

The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.

I would venture to advise against too great intimacy with artists.

We English are not meant to show our emotions.

Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine is that in positions of great responsibility, every one should do his duty to the best of his ability where he is placed.

I am most anxious to enlist everyone who can speak or write to join in checking this mad, wicked folly of ‘Woman’s Rights,’ with all its attendant horrors, on which her poor feeble sex is bent, forgetting every sense of womanly feeling and propriety.

I do not think that the very best work in the world can be done unless there is a certain amount of suffering.

Queen Victoria Quotes part 2

The young Queen was a very old-fashioned lady.

My reign is situated at a time when nothing comes amiss to make one unhappy.

Don’t meddle with my difficulties! I am settled and I don’t want to be picked up again.

People think that I have no feelings; but I have.

Every year you grow, you will find mе grow closer to you. That’s the most amazing thing we can do as humans.

If I were not who I am, this would have been my occupation.

We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilisation.

The independence of the monarchy is as essential to the freedom of the people as is the independence of the judiciary.

In my end is my beginning.

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

I don’t dislike babies, though I think very young ones are rather disgusting.

The most important thing is not to think about age whatever it may be.

My beloved Albert would never have approved of such a thing.

There is nothing so cruel in this world as prejudice, and very often it is the outcome of ignorance and of narrow-mindedness.

It is easier to do a job than to raise a family.

The art of being yourself at your best is the art of unfolding your personality into the person you want to be.

To love and be loved is everything.

It is exactly because death awaits us all that we must live as long as we can.

I am unconsolable at the loss of my beloved Albert.

A man is not truly considered a man without a woman by his side.

There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.

I am a woman in a man’s world, but that is not what defines me.

The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.

I could never love anyone as much as I love my country.

The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist.